Clothes-drier



c. o.. P. BRANDT.

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.Patented Jan. 31, 18,93*.

WITNESS/5S /NVENTH j? wf rgb-Mw# v BY Unire TATES CHRISTOPHER C. F.BRANDT, OF MUSOATINE, IOWA.

CLOTH ES-DRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 1\T o. 490,943, datedJanuary 31, A1893.

Application filed March 23, 1892.

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTOPHER C. F. BRANDT, of Muscatine, in thecounty of Muscatine and State of Iowa, have invented certain new anduseful Improvementsin Clothes- Driers; and I dohereby declare that thefollowingis afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, whichwill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same, reference being` had to the accompanying drawings, and tothe letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in clothesdriers. The object of which is to provide a drier, simple, cheap anddurable, of construction easily manipulated, and repaired should partsbecome unadjusted or broken.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction and incombinations of parts more fully described hereinafter and particularlypointed out in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings Figure l is a front elevation ofthe drier in a folded position supported in a corner of a room, showinga shelf supported above the drier, and a curtain pushed to one side.Fig.` 2 is an elevation showing the drier held up in elevated operativeposition, and supported by a screw, projection or the like from a wallshown in section (not in a corner). Fig. 3 is a top plan View showingthe drier eX- panded in operative position and supported in a corner bythe corner bracket the wall being shown in section. Fig. 4 is'a verticalsectional view showing the drier enlarged and in its raised operativeposition, illustrating the means for upholding the drier in operativeposition and the manner of securing the same directly against a atsurface or wall.

Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the sup-- porting hook or linkthat holds the hinged leaf of the drier and the linger or arms in ahorizontal position. Fig. 6 is a detail elevation of the corner bracketfor supporting the shelf and driershowing a portion of the shelf insection, and also showing the wall piece and a portion of the leaf insection. Fig. 7 is a detail perspective View of the tube secured in theback or wall piece of the drier and in which the supporting hook is piv-Serial No. ll26,114. (No model.)

oted. Fig. 8 isa plan view of the inner side of the plate securing thesupporting arms or fingers of the drier.

In the drawings the reference letter a, indicates the back or wall pieceof the drier having the hinged leaf b, at its upper edge hinged at n, tothe lower edge of said back to swing vertically. c indicates the pivotedsupporting arms carried by the leaf. This back is provided with suitablemeans for attaching a support, such as a metal tube O, securedin atransverse opening in the back and formed at its front end with asuitable ornamentation such as a star. -This tube is longitudinallysplit from its rear end so that it can be expanded and secured in theback. The tube is also provided with'an interior cross bar r, preferablysecured by having its ends placed in said split. The upper side of thetube between its ends is provided with a notch or opening p, as shown.The lower edge of the back can be provided with a slot and recess a toreceive a supporting screw as shown in Fig. 4.

. When it is desired to support the drier directly against the Wall, notin a corner, two screws or the like are secured in the wall as shown inFig. 4, and the back is placed against the wall so that the screws willrespectively extend into the tube o, and slot d and the head of theupper screw will project into the notch p in said tube and therebyremovably hold the drier to the wall as shown.

To support the drier in a corner a vertical bracket f, is provided,suitably and rigidly secured in the corner and projecting outwardlytherefrom and at its outer extremity is provided with a hook g, at theouter end of the upper edge arranged to project into the inner end ofthe tube 0 and enter the notch p, and thereby removably uphold the drierwith the edges of the back resting against the wall on opposite sides ofthe corner. If desired this bracket can be provided with suitable meansfor supporting a horizontal cor- 11er shelf z'. This means preferablyconsists of a pair of parallel ngers h, extending out from the upper endof the bracket above the hook g, and between which the inner edge of theshelf rests while the outer edge of the shelf is upheld by any suitablesupport such as connections to a hook or eye in the wall IOO above thecorner bracket. This shelf can be provided with a curtain j supported ina suitable manner, so as to conceal the rack or drier when folded andlowered. This curtain can also be employed to cover the clothes on therack when the same is held in operative adjustment and position. y

It should be noted that the rack can be used either on the wall or in acorner on the corner bracket, as the tube o, is so constructed as to becapable of holding the rack to either support.

The leaf and pivoted arms are held in a horizontal position or allowedto drop by means of the swinging link or hook k, at its upper endloosely confined on the cross bar lr, so that its free end can swingvertically. The lower end of this link extends down through an elongatedslot m in the plate d. Beneath said slot the link or hook 7c, isprovided with an inwardly facing hook Z, which slides in the spacebetween the plate CZ and leaf b and is laterally enlarged to preventswinging out through slot m. The leaf Z) below and near the front end ofthe slot m is provided with al transverse opening g containing ashoulder or cross bar g. The arrangement of slots m and g and link Za issuch that when the leaf and supporting arms are folded and lowered asshown in Fig. l the link 7c, will assume a substantially verticalposition with hook Z at the upper ends of the space between the leaf Z7and plate d, and slot m.

When the leaf b, is raised the link Zt is swung out, the hook Z slidingoutwardly through slot m. and between plate Z and the leaf until itreaches the opening or slot g when it automatically drops into the sameand engages the cross bar therein and holds the leaf and supporting armsthereof elevated in the horizontal position. To lower the leaf the hookZt should be disengaged from the cross bar and the leaf allowed to dropof its own weight. The link Zt assists in supporting the leaf and armsWhether the leaf be raised or dropped for when raised the link upholdsthe leaf from cross bar g and when dropped the plate CZ rests on thehook Z of the link at the upper end of slot m.

The arms c, have depressions in the upper sides of their inner ends, andthe plate dhas projections e, which fit into said depressions and formthe pivot on which said arms swing. By raising the plate 0any arm can beeasily removed or fitted in place.

The supporting arms can be easily replaced when broken, and the deviceis very strong and durable in construction and simple and cheap.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent of the United States is l. The cornerbracket for supporting a clothes rack and a shelf, formed in one pieceand at its upper end provided with the two horizontal arms to receivethe shelf edge between them, and said bracket below said arms extendingoutwardly and provided with the upwardly projecting hook to support therack, substantially as described.

2. In combination, the back, the leaf hinged thereto and carrying thearms, the plate secured on the leaf and provided with an elongated slot,the leaf having an opening beneath said slot containing a catch, and thelink at its upper end pivoted to the back and at its lower end extendingthrough said slot and provided with a hook beneath said slot to engagesaid catch and detachably uphold the leaf, substantially as described.

3. In a clothes rack, the back, the leaf hinged thereto to swingvertically, the pivoted arms,

the plate secured on said leaf and confining the arms thereon, anelongated slot in said plate, the leaf provided with an opening beneaththe front end of said slot containing a cross bar, and the link pivotedto said back and extending through said slot and provided with anenlarged hook beneath said slot arranged to engage said cross bar in themanner and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

CHRISTOPHER C. F. BRANDT.

Vitnesses:

GEORGE W. KECKLE, T. B. PRossER.

